Bill Text: IA SCR4 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution requesting establishment of an interim study committee to identify creative, environmental, and sustainable ways to limit single-use plastics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-06 - Subcommittee: Behn, Celsi, and Kapucian. S.J. 246. [SCR4 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SCR4-Introduced.html
Senate
Concurrent
Resolution
4
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Introduced
SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
4
BY
MATHIS
A
Concurrent
Resolution
requesting
establishment
of
1
an
interim
study
committee
to
identify
creative,
2
environmental,
and
sustainable
ways
to
limit
3
single-use
plastics.
4
WHEREAS,
plastic
has
been
mass
produced
for
about
5
sixty
years
and
in
that
time
has
created
over
eight
6
billion
metric
tons
of
waste,
of
which
only
about
nine
7
percent
is
recycled;
and
8
WHEREAS,
plastic
waste
could
sit
in
Iowa
landfills
9
for
hundreds
of
years
or,
in
the
case
of
lighter
10
plastic
materials
such
as
bags
and
plastic
wrap,
get
11
blown
by
the
wind
into
the
natural
environment;
and
12
WHEREAS,
even
though
some
Iowa
communities
have
13
developed
creative
solutions
to
address
waste
plastic,
14
such
as
the
metro
waste
authority’s
plastic
bag
swap
15
competition,
the
amount
of
plastic
waste
heading
16
to
landfills
has
outpaced
the
amount
reduced
or
17
recycled;
NOW
THEREFORE,
18
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
THE
HOUSE
OF
19
REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING,
That
the
legislative
20
council
is
requested
to
establish
a
legislative
interim
21
committee,
composed
of
three
members
of
the
Senate
and
22
three
members
of
the
House
of
Representatives,
to
meet
23
during
the
2019
interim
to
study
and
discuss
creative,
24
environmental,
and
sustainable
ways
to
limit
single-use
25
plastics.
The
committee
shall
consider
testimony
from
26
interested
stakeholders,
including
but
not
limited
to
27
representatives
of
solid
waste
agencies
from
within
the
28
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state
and
representatives
from
regents
institutions
1
who
research
corn-based
polymers
and
biodegradable
2
materials;
and
3
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
committee
is
4
directed
to
submit
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
5
the
general
assembly
by
December
31,
2019.
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